Whether you are heading out by air or car, manage the notorious beast that is holiday travel with a brand new tool from Google — and three other apps to help you get where you’re going (relatively) painlessly.

Manage traffic

On Tuesday, Google released Google Maps traffic information for cities around the country to help you navigate the chaos on the roads. It uses data from the Monday before Thanksgiving to the Sunday after from the last two holiday seasons to help you plot the most rational course.

A few immediate Thanksgiving travel takeaways:

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the worst traffic day.
The worst traffic period on that day is between 3 and 5 p.m. — so leave before or after that window to avoid the madness.
If you’re driving home after a holiday weekend away, traffic patterns show that Sunday is a much better bet than Saturday, when traffic can be 40 percent worse.

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